Service difficulty report · Display · Urocop EC120B

Difficulty date
August 29, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Urocop EC120B
Aircraft time
2,494 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIU2F
Part
Display
Part number
B19030FC05
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) ENGINE FAILED POWER CHECK PLUS 4 TO BAD, PILOT DID 3 POWER CHECK ALL FAIL BY A FEW DEGREES C. CHANGED THE FDC FILTER AS IT WAS DIRTY AND ALSO DID A COMPRESSOR WASH AND INSPECTED THE COMPRESSOR AND TURBINE BLADES, NO DAMAGE NOTED. WE DID A GROUND RUN TO CHECK FOR AIR LEAKS AND DID ANOTHER 3 POWER CHECKS, ALL 3 POWER CHECKS FAILED BY THE SAME AMOUNT AS BEFORE. WE THEN DID A CHECK OF TOT THERMOCOUPLE AND IT CHECK OUT OK. DECIDED TO CHANGE THE VEMD WHICH HAS THE TOT INSTRUMENT IN IT, BORROWED ONE, ANOTHER 3 POWER CHECKS, THIS TIME IT PASSED ALL 3 TIMES BY -48 TO -50 C. THE VEMD WAS RECORDING ABOUT 51 DEGREES C, HIGH.

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